The signs of the most common cancer in the world, skin cancer, are clear. Cancerous lesions can pop up anywhere on the skin, ...

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Evangelina Gonzalez, a 6-year-old kindergartner, and school nurse Rudy Ramirez wave goodbye to a doctor after a telehealth ...

DENVER — A fourth child has died in Massachusetts from complications related to the flu, underscoring concerns nationwide after the deadliest flu season for children since federal tracking began. In ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Sneezing, coughing, runny noses, ear infections, fevers, and 3 a.m. tears. For some parents, it seems like their kids are just about always sick. Pediatric infectious diseases ...

A Pennsylvania mom tracked down her second-grade pen pal, only to shockingly discover it was her doctor — who delivered her two kids. Megan Lewis was just trying to help her parents declutter during a ...

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DEAR HELOISE: I sympathize to some extent with the writer in a recent column of yours lamented how doctor’s offices will say the appointment is at 10 a.m. but ask that you arrive at 9:30 a.m. for ...

A nonprofit dedicated to literacy and health education is placing 30,000 books in pediatric clinics statewide for free distribution to Iowa children. Laura Holms, the Midwest regional director for ...

For many of us, the holiday season involves gatherings with extended family. Ideally, such get-togethers are fun and easy, but for some of us they can be stressful. As a pediatrician, I’d like to ...

LEBANON, Pa. — A former Lebanon County doctor will serve up to two years in prison followed by five years of probation after being convicted of sexually assaulting juvenile victims for the second time ...